La Capital: The Biography of Mexico CityRandom House, 1988 - 640 σελίδες The history of Mexico City is a sweeping, dramatic saga of individuals confronting victory and defeat, opulence and misery, euphoria and catastrophe. A colorful panorama, told by a Latin American correspondent of the New York Times. 16 pages of photos. |
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... buildings clus- tered around open squares . The Spanish quarter repeated the pattern already established in the Caribbean islands . Its focal point was the central plaza - later called the Zócalo surrounded by the administrative palace ...
... buildings clus- tered around open squares . The Spanish quarter repeated the pattern already established in the Caribbean islands . Its focal point was the central plaza - later called the Zócalo surrounded by the administrative palace ...
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... buildings destroyed by earthquakes and fires . The majority of the poor were crammed into dank one- or two - story buildings known as vecindades . Once inhabited by wealthier residents , many of the vecindades were now owned by the ...
... buildings destroyed by earthquakes and fires . The majority of the poor were crammed into dank one- or two - story buildings known as vecindades . Once inhabited by wealthier residents , many of the vecindades were now owned by the ...
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... buildings . Some architects and civil engineers asserted that the National Medical Center was structurally unsound because corrupt bureaucratic officials had allowed contractors to flout government regulations designed to make the buildings ...
... buildings . Some architects and civil engineers asserted that the National Medical Center was structurally unsound because corrupt bureaucratic officials had allowed contractors to flout government regulations designed to make the buildings ...
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Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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